It is only when you despair of all ordinary means, it is only when you convince it that it must help you or you perish, that the seed of life in you bestirs itself to provide a new resource.

Discrepancy between theory and practice, which in sound physical and mechanical science is a delusion, has a real existence in the minds of men; and that fallacy, through rejected by their judgments, continues to exert and influence over their acts.

William John Macquorn Rankine

Let my life as Poet begin. I want the life of the Poet. I have labored for over twelve years, one thousand pages of prose. Now, I want the easiness of poetry. The brevity of the poem.

Maxine Hong Kingston

Hope sustains life, but misplaced hope prolongs recessions.

James Grant

Religion is doing a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he 'lives' his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.

G. I. Gurdjieff

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

Samuel Goldwyn

I stopped dating for six months a year ago. Dating requires a lot of energy and focus.

Daphne Zuniga

As for his name, well, what attorney wouldn't want to be able put a Judge in a crate every now and then?

Jodi Picoult

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Ambrose Bierce

Jealousy is the lock that closes your heart, understanding is the key that opens it.

Ken Petti

I wonder if it hurts to live,And if they have to try,And whether, could they choose between,They would not rather die.

Emily Dickinson

It is better to run back than run the wrong way.

Proverb

EARN as much as you can. SAVE as much as you can. INVEST as much as you can. GIVE as much as you can.

Rev. John Wellesly